Rummell and West said they came for their 8-year-old adopted son. He came to them through foster care. They said they want all the legal rights parents are afforded by marriage.

"I want him to know he's got the same security as the kids of the parents next door," Rummell said.

The case started after West and Rummell and three other Oregon couples filed two lawsuits, arguing for the right to marry after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down provisions of a federal law banning same-sex unions.

That left the case being heard Wednesday with no one to argue against it, though a national group announced this week that it is seeking standing to intervene. A hearing on that will be held May 14. McShane said Tuesday that he would not issue a ruling on Oregon's gay marriage law before then.

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